Name: Caminibacter Alain et al. 2002

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ca.mi.ni.bac’ter. L. gen. masc. n. camini, of a chimney; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; from Gr. neut. dim. n. baktêrion, rod, staff; N.L. masc. n. Caminibacter, rod from a hydrothermal chimney, relating to the origin of the type species

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Caminibacter-), ka-mi-ni-BAK-ter

Type species: Caminibacter hydrogeniphilus Alain et al. 2002

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Alain K, Querellou J, Lesongeur F, Pignet P, Crassous P, Raguenes G, Cueff V, Cambon-Bonavita MA. Caminibacter hydrogeniphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium isolated from an East Pacific Rise hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1317-1323.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1439-1440.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cetia Grosche et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the order Campylobacterales Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order I. Campylobacterales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1145.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: On SLW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP) Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Campylobacter and related bacteria: minutes of the closed meetings, 17 January and 31 January 2024. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6618.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; JCM: 3; CIP: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Caminibacter hydrogeniphilus Alain et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Caminibacter mediatlanticus Voordeckers et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Caminibacter pacificus (Grosche et al. 2015) Shiotani et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Caminibacter profundus Miroshnichenko et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Nautiliaceae Miroshnichenko et al. 2004

Assigned by: Miroshnichenko ML, L'Haridon S, Schumann P, Spring S, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Jeanthon C, Stackebrandt E. Caminibacter profundus sp. nov., a novel thermophile of Nautiliales ord. nov. within the class 'Epsilonproteobacteria', isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:41-45.

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